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2021-03-21 Africa North

Tuareg Tribal Leaders Affirm their Support of Dbaiba's Government in Libya

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Posted by Fred 2021-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
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#1 The nomadic Tuareg comprise less than two percent of Libya's population and have no impact on the dominant north (Cyrenaica, Teipolitania).

Posted by b 2021-03-21 07:38|| 2021-03-21 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I imagine the Tuareg population took a hit when the Christians reconquered Spain.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-21 16:41|| 2021-03-21 16:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Whoa, forgot about him. Thought it was hotels.com's Captain Obvious, promoting an edgier line of urban hipster properties

Posted by Galactic Coordinator Omereting8085 2021-03-21 16:55|| 2021-03-21 16:55|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if you are not thinking about the Moors, rather than the Tuareg.

Posted by b 2021-03-21 19:43|| 2021-03-21 19:43|| Front Page Top

#5 How's Nicky Sarkozy doing lately?

Posted by Clem 2021-03-21 20:15|| 2021-03-21 20:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Still not married to his ~~Mom~~ elementary school teacher, like now

Posted by Frank G 2021-03-21 20:26|| 2021-03-21 20:26|| Front Page Top

#7 ^^ That's Macron.

Posted by DooDahMan 2021-03-21 21:22|| 2021-03-21 21:22|| Front Page Top

#8 ^^^^ Ooops unless that was your point!

Posted by DooDahMan 2021-03-21 21:23|| 2021-03-21 21:23|| Front Page Top

#9 "Like now"

Posted by Frank G 2021-03-21 21:38|| 2021-03-21 21:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Sarkozy going to the big house, isn't he?

Posted by Clem 2021-03-21 21:45|| 2021-03-21 21:45|| Front Page Top

#11 au Grand Chateau

Posted by Ebboluth Slainter9624 2021-03-21 21:48|| 2021-03-21 21:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Or, to the "Nick"!!

Posted by Clem 2021-03-21 21:49|| 2021-03-21 21:49|| Front Page Top

#13 The Tuaregs mainly dwelt in the Sahara desert, and had no connection with Spain at all. They controlled trade routes through the central Sahara until the French took over the area. The first hit they received was when the French formed separate countries each of which controlled parts of the Sahara in each of which the Tuaregs were a small minority. The second hit was when those countries gained independence, at which time their central governments mostly were very unfriendly to the Tuaregs. Conflicts between the Tuaregs and those governments, the war in Libya and some natural disasters have left most Tuaregs as paupers in refugee camps.

Posted by daniel 2021-03-21 22:05|| 2021-03-21 22:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Yeah, you know your people are finished when they name an SUV after you

Posted by Bubba Thrinelet2498 2021-03-21 22:32|| 2021-03-21 22:32|| Front Page Top

#15 Moor is a general category for North African in the European view, b. daniel, during the Moslem invasions of Spain a thousand years ago and more, the Tuaregs were freer than city Arabs to go a-conquering.

There were two waves of Berber/Tuareg invasion of the Spanish peninsula: the first wave came over under an Umayyad general in 711 to conquer the Visigoths, then a second wave starting in 1085, Tuaregs invited by the effete, citified descendants of the first wave facing the Spanish reconquest.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-21 23:23|| 2021-03-21 23:23|| Front Page Top

#16 For some reason the server where my links are stored is down, though it wasn’t when I commented. My apologies.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-21 23:41|| 2021-03-21 23:41|| Front Page Top

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